Carbon monoxide—the silent killer—claims 1,500 lives a year in the U.S. and sends 50,000 people to the emergency room. It seeps in without smell, taste, or warning, hijacking the body’s oxygen supply in minutes. For decades, our only defense has been to pump victims full of pure oxygen, sometimes in high-pressure chambers, and hope it’s not too late.
Now, a team at the University of Maryland School of Medicine may have cracked the code for a true antidote—one that doesn’t just help the body cope but actively hunts down and removes the toxin.
Continue reading… “The Protein That Could Turn Carbon Monoxide Poisoning from a Death Sentence into a Treatable Emergency”